Jean-Baptiste Lully’s 1676 masterpiece, nicknamed ‘the King’s opera’ because it was so dear to Louis XIV, Atys established a new operatic tradition in France and marked the history of opera well into the 19th century. In 2022, Leonardo García-Alarcón teamed up with choreographer Angelin Preljocaj to stage this lyrical tragedy in a production full of poetry, premiered at the Grand Théâtre de Genève and recorded at the Opéra Royal de Versailles in 2022. Then recorded in 2023 at the Grand Manège in Namur, it now appears in a double CD/DVD box set on the Château de Versailles Spectacles label.
Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632-1687)
Atys LWV 53
CD
Matthew Newlin · Atys
Giuseppina Bridelli · Cybèle
Ana Quintans · Sangaride
Andreas Wolf · Celænus
Adrien Fournaison · Idas, Phobétor, Un songe funeste
Sophie Junker · Iris, Doris, Divinité de fontaine, La Déesse Flore
Lore Binon · Mélisse, Divinité de fontaine
Valerio Contaldo · Morphée, Dieu de Fleuve
Geoffroy Buffière · Le Fleuve Sangar
Cyril Auvity · Le Sommeil, Phantase
Conducted by Leonardo García-Alarcón
Chœur de Chambre de Namur
Released on 23 May 2025 by Château de Versailles Spectacles
DVD filmed in the Château de Versailles on 22 and 23 March 2022
Directed by : Julien Condemine
CD recorded at the Grand Manège de Namur between the 28 and the 31 March 2023
DVD/BLU-RAY
Matthew Newlin · Atys
Giuseppina Bridelli · Cybèle
Ana Quintans · Sangaride
Andreas Wolf · Célénus
Michael Mofidian · Idas, Phobétor, Un songe funeste
Gwendoline Blondeel · Iris, Doris, Divinité de fontaine, La Déesse Flore
Lore Binon · Mélisse, Divinité de fontaine
Valerio Contaldo · Morphée, God of the River Sangar
Luigi De Donato · Le Fleuve Sangar
Nicholas Scott · Un Zéphir, Le Sommeil
José Pazos · Phantase
Conducted by Leonardo García-Alarcón
Directed and choreographed by Angelin Preljocaj
Performed by the Chœur du Grand Théâtre de Genève
Performed by the Ballet du Grand Théâtre de Genève
